"Soace Munky" <alu### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
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> I made a few ojects out of glass material with photons...is this a good
> idea? I chose the Crystal material from Moray, just because I dont know
> what Im going in POVray with textures yet.
> Its been rendering for the past half hour...and its a slice of the
> original image focused on one part...Im not even using photons.
> Would it be a good idea to reduce the transparency of the material in
> order to speed up the rendering? I just wanted to experiment with
> photons and they new 3.6 caustics, but its taking way to long to be of
> any use. Would disabling radiosity be the only answer?
> Any tips on improving with time?
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> Drey.
>

as Florian said, radiosity and area lights are big time consumers. If using
radiosity, i'd just use a regular point light for now. Then add it back in
later if you still want it.

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